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SHACKLETON, Ernest H. (1874–1922). The Heart of the Antarctic being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907–1909. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1909.
2 volumes, royal 8vo. Numerous illustrations from photographs including gravure frontispieces, 12 color plates from drawings, 2 folding panoramas on 1 sheet and 3 folding color maps in end pocket. Original remainder cloth lettered in gilt (few tiny spots of rubbing at extreme ends and corners, front corner bumped on Vol. I, hinges cracked with old repairs).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. “Known today as the Nimrod expedition, this proved to be the making Shackleton, encompassing the first ascent of Mount Erebus, the first (failed) experiment with an automated vehicle in the Antarctic and, most importantly, the mapping of a viable route to the Pole” (Taurus). Spence 1098; Taurus 58 (UK edition).